KMA has upgraded to WAVEWATCH3, v6.07  since 30 Mar 2026

The resolution has increased from 0.5x0.5 to 0.25x0.25 degree (size increase from 78 to 303 MB).

More information can be found in Model upgrades#KMA

JMA has upgraded their products for LC-WFV since 05 Aug 2025  as follows:

• The "mean zero-upcrossing wave period" parameter have been added
• The resolution of model have been changed to 0.25 degrees
• The forecast range for 00UTC has been be extended to 264 hours (forecast intervals from 132 hours to 264 hours are 6-hourly)

 More information can be found in  Model upgrades#JMA

The ECMWF forecast system IFS has been upgraded to the version 49r1 since 12Z run on 12 Nov 2024

The current 0.125x0.125  resolution of the IFS outputs for LC-WFV has been upgraded to 0.1x0.1 degree following the wave model resolution change.

 More information can be found in  Model upgrades#ECMWF

The METNO has changed the model from WAM to WAVEWATCHIII version 6.07 since 0Z run on 03 Oct 2023  More information can be found in  Model upgrades#METNO

The NZMS model has been upgraded to a new version with the resolution changed to 0.1 degrees and the lead time length increased to +180 hours  as per Model upgrades#NZMS

 The access details to the FTP with actual monthly match-up (collocation) data of observations and forecasts as well as the original raw observations data, has been changed as per the information in the related page Data

A new single model configuration (AUSWAVE-G3) has replaced the legacy global (AUSWAVE-G) and regional (AUSWAVE-R) systems since 04 Aug 2022  This upgrade includes incorporating the latest version of Wavewatch III® (WW3) - version 6.0.7.  Newly the runs at 6 and 18 UTC are provided too but with shorter forecast length (up to +156 hours). More information can be found in  Model upgrades#BoM

The METNO model has been upgraded to WAM code Cycle 4.7 since the 12Z run on 10 Nov 2021  More information can be found in  Model upgrades#METNO

The NCEP model has been upgraded to a new version with the resolution changed to 0.25 degrees and the lead time length increased to +384 hours as per Model upgrades#NCEP

Apart from 0Z runs NIWA has started contributing 12Z model outputs too since the 24^th September 2020 onwards.

The NZMS model has been upgraded to a new version with the resolution changed to 0.25 degrees and the lead time length increased to +168 hours as per Model upgrades#NZMS

The production archiving of LOPS model outputs has started from the 11^th March 2020 onwards.

The production archiving of NZMS model outputs has started from the 4^th March 2020 onwards.

The production archiving of METNO model outputs has started from the 6^th December 2019 onwards.

The history page showing the data available for LC-WFV archive from each centre has been added.

(as per the Progress status)

Data processing

• 14 model outputs archived operationally
  
• 1 test model outputs in good progress
• 3 remaining datasets from 18 expected  without any test data yet

Verification

• 7 models verified operationally (2-3 months of regular data provision needed  to compute scores from more recently added datasets)
  

The production archiving of NCEP model outputs has started from the 15^th May 2019 onwards.

The production archiving of NIWA model outputs has started from the 12^th March 2019 onwards.

The production archiving of PRTOS model outputs has started from the 28^th March 2019 onwards.

The production archiving of Meteo-France global model outputs has started from the 1^th January 2019 onwards.

The production archiving of BoM global model outputs has started from the 27^th November 2018 onwards.

(as per the Progress status)

Data processing

• 9 model outputs archived operationally
  
• 3 more test model outputs in good progress
• 6 remaining datasets from 18 expected  without any test data yet

Verification

• 2 models verified operationally (2-3 months of regular data provision needed  to compute scores from more recently added datasets)
  

The production archiving  of DMI data has started from the 10^th November 2018 onwards.

The production archiving  of ECCC data has started from the 2^nd November 2018 onwards.

The production archiving  of UKMO data has started from the 25^th September 2018 onwards.

The production archiving  of SHNSM data has started from the 5^th September 2018 onwards.

The production archiving  of DWD data has started from the 30^th August 2018 onwards.

The production archiving  of KMA data has started from the 30^th August 2018 onwards.

First model intercomparison plots have been put on the LC-WFV page, showing JMA, METEOAM, and ECMWF scores.

The production archiving  of JMA data has started from the 5^th June 2018 onwards.

The production archiving of ECMWF data has started from  the 1^st February 2018 onwards.

The MARS was updated for LC-WFV data archiving. The first dataset being routinely archived is METEOAM ( from the run on the 7^th February 2018 onwards).

The full data from METEOAM has been regularly provided since the 7^th of February 2018.

The full data from ECMWF has been regularly provided since the 1^st of February 2018.